dvd+rw-format command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix dvd+rw-format command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

dvd+rw-format: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dvd+rw-format: command not found

In Ubuntu dvd+rw-format is provided by growisofs package.

growisofs is:

growisofs is a general purpose DVD recording program that supports:

random-access media (DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, plain files, hard disk partitions)
mastering multisession DVD media (DVD+R, DVD-R/-RW, and Blu-ray Disc)
first-/single-session recording of arbitrary pre-mastered image (formatted as UDF, ISO9660 or any other file system, if formatted at all) to all supported DVD media types.

growisofs is able to either write pre-created ISO images or create them on-the-fly (by calling genisoimage).

This package also contains dvd+rw-format, a utility to format a DVD+RW media.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install growisofs

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install growisofs.

sudo apt -y install growisofs

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install growisofs

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dvd+rw-format command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.